Antique Victorian Art Nouveau Purple Paste Pendant Silver Platinum It’s surrounded by a rope-edge

It’s surrounded by a rope-edge frame fashioned in silver and gilded in yellow gold

METAL: Base Metal

MARKS: Birmingham Hallmarks

Quartz beads (approx

Antique Victorian Art Nouveau Purple Paste Pendant Silver Platinum It’s surrounded by a rope-edgeA gorgeous antique Victorian pendant from the late 19th Century decorated with glistening clear pastes and a larger violet paste in the centre, simulating an amethyst. Paste is a heavy, transparent flint glass that has been used since ancient times to simulate the beauty of gemstones. The art of cutting paste takes expert craftsmanship and the highest quality stones are often able to replicate the cut, colour and sparkle of natural gems to near